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Around 250 people enjoyed a fantastic evening of fun and entertainment from Replay, Weymouth School of Ballet and Theatre Arts, and the Decadettes at the Pavilion on Friday night, raising funds for the British Heart Foundation and the Lions Charity Fund.

Lions President Les Board hands over another refurbished laptop as part of a continuing project by the Lions Club, seen here with Katie Sansom from Westfield Arts College. Lisa Welford, Pupil and Parent Support Worker, said “Katie is absolutely thrilled with her laptop and I am sure she will have hours of fun using the new hardware to enhance her learning at home. Katie has complex educational needs and will benefit greatly from all the scholastic apps and software programs that will now be available to her. Evidence shows that children/adults with SEN learn best using a kinaesthetic approac...

Lions Youth Brass, from South Cheshire, entertained the crowds in Weymouth on Saturday by giving open air concerts in the town centre and on the Esplanade. These talented and impressionable young people did themselves credit and certainly endeared themselves to the crowds that watched their performances. Lions Youth Brass was formed in 1989 taking its name from the Lions Clubs around South Cheshire who agreed to sponsor the band through annual donations and still do to this day. They are down here in Dorset on their annual Southern Tour raising funds for Lions Clubs in the area.
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National Busking Day was well and truly celebrated this weekend in Weymouth town centre with Weymouth & Portland Lions Club holding their annual Street Busk raising £831 for the Lions Charity Fund.
Funds raised by the Lions are mainly spent in the local community and they have recently made a grant of £500 to help fund a Defibrillator which will be placed at Weymouth Pavilion.
This is a very busy period for the Lions with three more fundraising events coming up very soon: Lions Youth Brass Band will be giving free open air concerts in Weymouth on Saturday 25th July and at Portland on t...

Norman Stagles (L) hands over the chain of office to the new Weymouth & Portland Lions President, Les Board. Les is looking forward to building on the success of the recent Lions fundraiser ‘The Out Loud Festival’ by launching the Lions Street Busk this coming Saturday 18th July. This will be quickly followed more fundraisers, the 50’s & 60’s dance at the Pavilion on 31st July and a Charity Golf Day 7th August at Weymouth Golf Club. Les said that the Lions are very grateful for all the support they get from the local community in all of their projects.

Lions President Norman Stagles hands over a refurbished laptop to Jordan who has complex learning needs.
Lions were informed that the new hardware will enable Jordan to access specific computer based programs which will enhance the skills needed to learn, for example, memory games. These games support the cognitive processing system which allows children to think. It is a common misconception that children already know how to think but the reality is that some children with learning difficulties have to be taught how to do this.
The Lions have a number of laptop computers available f...

The Lions Roar onto Weymouth Town Centre!
A new and fantastic major event took place in Weymouth town centre at the weekend; the Weymouth and Portland Lions Club Outloud Music Festival, featuring nearly 40 acts over the two days. It all happened on a main stage in Debenhams Square and at 4 other performance sites in Weymouth Town Centre. Sponsored by Weymouth BID, there was music and dancing all around the town while people shopped and wandered around enjoying the sunshine. The event was organised by the Weymouth & Portland Lions Club, organisers of the annual Christmas show for senior ...

Lions Vice President Les Board (L) and Community Service Chairman Lion Howard Legg
Thomas Carney, aged 13, currently ranked number 1 in Great Britain for under 14’s in Poomsae Taekwondo, receives a cheque from Weymouth & Portland Lions Club for £230 to help cover some of his expenses in pursuit of his chosen sport. In order to compete at this level Thomas has to travel long distances and, unfortunately, grants are not available for under 16 year olds so the Lions thought they would give him a little help so that he can concentrate on his sport.

Members from the Lions clubs of Blackmore Vale, Bridport, Dorchester and Weymouth & Portland (Zone 1A) gathered at Dorset County Hospital to present a cheque for £2000 to Gully’s Place Trust in support of the project and towards the purchase of beds. Gully’s Place Trust provides children’s palliative care across Dorset from diagnosis to end of life.